Mass loading of Saturn's magnetosphere near Enceladus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Khurana, Krishan K ^a   Dougherty, Michele K ^b   Russell, Christopher T ^a   Leisner, Jared S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35349005285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012110     Document Type: Article

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